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Dundee United vs Celtic
17 Dec 2025, 20:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
John BeatonPremiership 2025/2026 · 20 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Dundee UnitedMin
Celtic- 13′⚽
Daizen Maeda 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Johnny Kenny
Left foot shot
- 43′
Paulo Bernardo
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Vicko Sevelj
Substitution
Off: Bert Esselink
46′ - ⚽
Krisztián Keresztes 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Vicko Sevelj
Left foot shot
58′ - ⚽
Zachary Sapsford 2-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Amar Fatah
Right foot shot
61′ - 65′⇄
Arne Engels
Substitution
Off: Paulo Bernardo
- 65′⇄
James Forrest
Substitution
Off: Reo Hatate
- 65′⇄
Shin Yamada
Substitution
Off: Johnny Kenny
- ⇄
Ivan Dolcek
Substitution
Off: Max Watters
70′ - 75′⇄
Liam Scales
Substitution
Off: Kieran Tierney
- ⇄
Nikolaj Möller
Substitution
Off: Zachary Sapsford
80′ Luca Stephenson
Yellowcard
Time wasting
86′- 86′⇄
Benjamin Nygren
Substitution
Off: Hyun-jun Yang
Dave Richards
Yellowcard
Time wasting
90+4′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 6.38 | |
| 46 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.23 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7.66 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.43 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.88 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 6.92 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.62 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 7.07 | |
| 80 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 7.44 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 6.81 | |
| 70 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 6.75 | |
| 44 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 7.49 | |
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| 20 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.56 | |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.55 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Dundee United
Latest: Motherwell · 0–0
Match stats
13 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Motherwell · 2025/2026
Celtic
Latest: Hibernian · 2–1
Match stats
30 Nov 2025, 12:00 · Away vs Hibernian · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Dundee United’s ground: 22 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Dundee United’s home games with Celtic’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Dundee United
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Celtic
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Dundee United
Celtic
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Dundee United
Celtic
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Dundee United
Celtic
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.